Improvement in game-counters



A.PHL GAME-COYUNTERS.

V12111111111 Aug.14,1877.

INVENTOR Wn EssES ATTORN EY.

UNITED STATEs TEATENT QEEICE.V

ALBERT POHL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAME-COUNTERS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 194, [72, dated August 14, 1877; application led May 26, 1877.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, ALBERT PoHL, of New York, in the county ot' New York and State of New York, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Game-Registers.; and l do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ot' the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a Vertical central sectional View of my gameregister. Figs. 2 and 3 are side views, and Fig. 4 is a detail View, of the same.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a game register or counter applicable for registering or counting for any game, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention.

A represents a box, made preferably in pyramidal shape, as shown, but may be made in any other desiredform. ln the center of this box is a standard, B, supporting a bell or gong, U. D is the bell-hammer, actuated by a spring', a, to strike the bell, and provided with a projecting arm, b, to be operated by the registering mechansim. The entire registering apparatus is contained in one ot' the sides ot' the box A, and is composed of four separate and independent Wheels, as follows: In the center, at the bottom, is a w heel, G, marked on its face with the iigures l 2 3 4, shown through an aperture, d, in the face ofthe box. This wheel is mounted on a shaft, e, and turned by the key H. On the shafte within the box is a square nut or washer,f, on which works a ilat spring, h, to holdthe wheel steady in either ot' the four positions. G1 is a dial-plate, to the right numbered 0,5, l0, 8vo., to 45, which figures are shown through an aperture, d. This wheel is, on its periphery, provided with teeth m, and on the back with pins n, corresponding in number with the number of figures on the face. G2 is a similar dial-plate at the left, showing the numbers 1' to l0, and provided with corresponding teeth and pins. G3 is a top dial-plate, numbered by titties from 50 to 1,000, and having corresponding number of teeth and pins, as shown.

The three dials G1, G2, and G3 are entirely independent of each other; but they are oper-3` ated by precisely similar means, and hence a? description of one will answer for all. Below each of these wheels is a shaft, p, to be turned by the key H, and this shaft provided with a lug or ward, s. t is a spring-dog, taking into the pins n on the back ot' the wheel. w is a crank-rod, one arm ot which is operated by the pins n, and the other arm bears on the arm b of the bell-hammer. The shat't p must rst be turned to the left sufficiently far to clear the next tooth, m, on the wheel. Then, by turning` it to the right, the wheel will be advanced the distance oi' one tooth, showing the next number, the dog t preventing its further movement, and at the same time the crank-rod w sounds the bell.

lt is, ofcourse, understood that the dials and numbers thereon can be increased to any? amount desired. i

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of anumbered dial-plate, provided with teeth m and pins n, the shaft p, With lug s, the spring-dog` t, crank-rod w, bell C, and hammer D, with arms b, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

ln testimony that'l claim the above I have, hereunto subscribed my name in the presence ot' two witnesses. i Vitnesses: ALBERT POHL.

WILLIAM RICHARDs, EDWARD J. MATEGYNsKr. 

